+1(514) 937-9445 or Toll-free (Canada & US) +1 (888) 947-9445
Client Portal

Search results

  1. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    Okay - this seems more like what is called just a return of an application (at least for eg family sponsorship) as being incomplete. A modest pain and in my opinion incorrect, but this doesn't sound like an actual rejection.
  2. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    Personally - as I wrote above - I would do both. Now note, since it was 'rejected' (despite my questions), I would absolutely get the form notarized. Me, I'd also go to my MP and ask/complain - I don't think they should have rejected this, that they should have given you a chance to add the...
  3. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    Odd. For other types of apps leaving something out is called not accepted or returned, not rejected - and rejection should give a PFL. Did they say whether you have to pay again?
  4. A

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I have no statistical base of comparison at hand nor time to research, wo won't object to your conjecture - if you wish to believe it, by all means. But it in no way contradicts what I wrote, that complaints about how many requests to MPs and how effective they are have been ongoing for...
  5. A

    Marriage Certificate Name Format (India) – Impact on Canadian PR Application?

    There are basically no limitations based on citizenship / residency to marrying in Canada - at least that I'm aware of. But simply check what the provincial requirements there are where you wish to marry. At least in Ontario the 'are there impediments to marriage' bit is done by an oath (a...
  6. A

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I have been using background and prohibition as two parts of the security/criminality/other background checks. I admit my usage confuses things a bit. I have never believed that any of the explanations about where BG and Prohibitions are split have made any sense, but IRCC seems to think...
  7. A

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    You're right, it is not a queue. I used 'queue' here to refer to when a file is waiting in one particular sub-area, not an overall queue. My mistake in that I confused the issue by phrasing that way. (or if one prefers there can be lots of separate queues - like waiting on one-person's desktop...
  8. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    Quick q as I didn't notice a detail here - when you say it was 'rejected', was it sent back to you as incomplete? Or was it accepted for processing (AOR) and then you got a refusal? Important to know - most of the time they've been accepting these and then (in some cases) asking for the...
  9. A

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    These 'expected processing timelines' (eg the current 13 months for citizenship) are in large degree constructed this way to limit use of the MP channel to cases that are at least not in the main 80%, the rest are deemed routine. Complaints about how effective have been going on for decades...
  10. A

    March 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    You should write to the ATIP/privacy ombudsman about gcms delays that go beyond 60 days.
  11. A

    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    March. Still pending. GCMS notes don't show much of note.
  12. A

    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    I don't know why anyone is surprised about this - apart from the usual "well I didn't think it would apply to me" cognitive bias. It literally is a thing for every single monthly cohort - some applications go faster than others, and some proportion of the people from Month X start posting "I...
  13. A

    PR Residency: Do partial days count when commuting to US for work?

    Not the same situation but my wife (fully resident here) has to go for work quite a lot. Up untl point where citizenship app was submitted, a large proportion of the trips were three day trips - eg leave on a monday am return on wednesday late. These all counted for only one day away, confirmed...
  14. A

    Getgcms.com reliable?

    I have heard no issue with them but doing it directly with the government is also quite reliable (and cheaper). That said, if you want to use a company to make it easier, no issue.
  15. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    She can get it notarized wherever she likes. Note some forms require a witness (I think this may be one), you'll have to coordinate that with the notary. Again - possibly not needed, but if you want it processed more quickly, may as well dot the tees and cross the eyes.
  16. A

    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    Note there are other sections - I just mentioned two (where I /think/ they have to note it in the gcms notes as released eg S.21 or similar). But by all means if you have info that they're redacting things to hide their own errors - complain to the privacy ombudsman. I've mentioned before but...
  17. A

    April 2025 - Citizenship Applications

    Overall I agree with you - BUT one or two days buffer is not much buffer at all. For most people I'd suggest a couple of weeks if you can, or if you're not in a rush, a month. My spouse applied with only about a week buffer - it was a calculated risk, but we also had CBSA entry-exit records...
  18. A

    Dependent Child's PR sponsorship rejected due to missing DECLARATION FROM NON-ACCOMPANYING PARENT/GUARDIAN (IMM 5604)

    In my opinion you are over-thinking. If they have asked for this form and it's not that difficult to get it done, then just provide it. I would approach the issue about notarization the exact same way: since it's not usually that difficult to get this doc notarized, just do it. (If truly...
  19. A

    IMM-0008: Necessary to include dependents who are Can. citizens?

    I have not heard of applications being returned because of differences of view on whether children should be in the IMM0008 (not saying it hasn't happened, but it's rare). I have seen IRCC write/require applicants to re-do the IMM0008 (where IRCC itself, sometimes, has asked that children who...
  20. A

    December 2023 - Citizenship Applications

    By law only specific exemptions are allowed - they're outlined here: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/access-information-privacy/pa-plain-language-guide.html Mostly the exemptions are in S.21 and S.22(1) (international affairs and defence, and law enforcement...